Financial Accountant - London, United Kingdom - Handle Recruitment

Handle Recruitment

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Financial Accountant - Media & Entertainment - Central London

A growing Publishing business are looking for a qualified Financial Accountant to join the team on a full time permanent basis.

As Financial Accountant you will be responsible for role leading on financial accounting and tax, including the production ofstatutory accounts for 3 entities, to input into the development of the company's IT systems as they relate to Finance, as well as to line manage the Finance Assistant.

The role offers hybrid working with an expectation of 3 days in the office and the other 2 from home.

Key responsibilities:

Prepare the consolidations and statutory accounts
Reconcile from the statutory accounts to management accounts
Play a lead role in the external audit, acting as a key contact for PwC, preparing and/or reviewing deliverables and responding to audit queries
Prepare and/or review monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations; book correcting journals as required
Provide advice on technical accounting issues
Prepare & submit Office for National Statistics returns
Prepare and submit monthly VAT returns
Work with PwC's tax team to complete the annual UK corporation tax computation
Liaise with and provide input to PwC Italy and Spain to enable the completion of tax returns for the overseas branches
Prepare the annual PSA return to HMRC
Assist the business with tax queries
Manage the accounting for the Volume (crowdfunding) platform and other new initiatives
Prepare and/or review a number of monthly and ad hoc reports for management including KPIs, cash flow, and sales and gross profit analysis
Produce title profitability reports and financial analysis to support the senior management team in decision making
Work together with the FP&A team on the preparation of the budget, and of the biannual (June/December) reforecast of business results
Maintain the cashbook & management accounts
Input into monthend / management accounting, as required
Line manage the Finance Assistant, whose responsibilities include credit cards & expenses, cash transactions, bank reconciliations, weekly cash reporting, and nonAP payments
Review and authorize payments in

Key skills:

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA
A practice background or significant experience of statutory accounts production
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proficient IT skills including strong Excel
Good knowledge of UK GAAP
Experience of multicurrency international consolidations
Strong attention to detail
A team player who understands the bigger picture and impact of decisions
Selfstarter; proactive and keen to make a positive impact

Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.